TerraLex

This podcast features Jennifer Bravo, a TerraLex Trailblazer at Carrillo and Asociados in Guatemala, discussing her impactful career in criminal law and women's rights. She highlights significant cases, including the Sepur Zarco case, and her work with the United Nations on access to justice. Jennifer shares her goals of fighting impunity and spending time with family, showcasing her dedication to justice and continuous learning.

This episode of TerraLex’s INSights podcast features Tara Archer-Glasgow, who was recently selected as a 2024 TerraLex trailblazing woman in conjunction with International Women’s Month. Tara is a partner at TerraLex member firm Higgs & Johnson in the Bahamas. In a candid conversation with podcast host Terri Pepper, TerraLex’s CEO, Tara discusses her pathway to becoming a leader in commercial litigation and her passion for pro-bono work, which has led her to fight for the rights of many underrepresented individuals. She also shares insights on women’s empowerment, mentorship, and gender equality through stories about her own experiences. Tune in for valuable perspectives from one of our 2024 Trailblazers.

In this edition of TerraLex’s INSight we talk with Catherine MacDonagh, CEO and Founder of Legal Lean Sigma Institute. Catherine is a true trailblazer in the legal industry. She’s an award-winning lawyer-entrepreneur and innovator who’s known for consistently launching first to market offerings to the legal industry for nearly 30 years. One of those offerings is the Legal Lean Sigma Institute, which provides expert consulting, project facilitation and support, and certification courses, virtual certificate programs, workshops, programs, retreats, and presentations specifically for legal and business professionals. Catherine is also a co-founder of the Legal Sales &Service Organization and its renowned Raindance Conference, now in its 21st year.

In this episode of TerraLex INSights, we hear from Beatriz Rodríguez, a partner at Roca Junyent in Spain and a TerraLex member who was recently honored as Trailblazer during International Women’s Month. Get to know Beatriz through our discussion about her practice specializing in Data Protection and Information Technology.

Beatriz is also an expert in advising clients on digital transformation, a fascinating topic we discussed in the episode. In addition to her practice work, Beatriz has completed the Legal Leadership Development Executive Program (LLD) at Harvard Law School and Women in a Legal World. She also serves as a Director of the Multisectoral Association of Women Executives and Businesswomen.

Welcome to the TerraLex INSights podcast, where our goal is to present multicultural perspectives by leading professionals. These perspectives on contemporary issues will help lawyers and businesspeople work better together.

In this episode, we speak with Leila Rafi, who was recognized as TerraLex Trailblazer during International Women's Month 2023. With almost 20 years of experience in the securities field, Leila practices capital markets and securities law. Leila is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2022) as a leading lawyer in corporate law.

One of Leila's goals is to have more women in senior roles, specifically in the Securities Capital Markets Group. In addition, she's involved in training and working with younger lawyers while ensuring their exposure to meaningful work. Leila also works with the McMillan team on raising money for and supporting cancer research. Leila has taught at multiple universities in the last five years, including Windsor, Western, and Queens.

Welcome to the TerraLex INSights podcast, where our goal is to present multicultural perspectives by leading professionals.  These perspectives on contemporary issues will help lawyers and businesspeople work better together. In this episode, we speak with Fayruz Adan, Senior Fundraising Associate at Food4Education in Kenya. Food4Education is a locally founded nonprofit in Kenya that delivers school feeding programs across the country. Wawira Njiru established the organization in 2012, starting with a modest makeshift kitchen that catered to 25 children daily. Presently, Food4Education provides meals to 140,000 children throughout Kenya.

Welcome to the TerraLex INSights podcast, where our goal is to present multicultural perspectives by leading professionals.  These perspectives on contemporary issues will help lawyers and businesspeople work better together. In this episode we speak with New York Times best-selling author, James Grippando, a Harper Collins award-winning author who has 30 books published.  He is a prior winner of the Harper Lee Prize, an award created by Harper Lee in collaboration with the American Bar Association and the University of Alabama and awarded to a published work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change. Many, but not only of Jim’s books are legal thrillers – he also writes novels with themes of contemporary interest such as financial crimes and in his most recent book, Code 6, on a theme of Big Data and its darkest secrets.  Jim is also a trial lawyer, and practices to this day with a major law firm, when he’s not trotting the globe researching his next novel.

Drawing on his psychology degree, a long career in law and business, and his background as a competitive athlete, combined with some good old fashioned common sense, Isaac Kodsi observed that many fitness concepts were lacking the most basic element needed for people to succeed in reaching their goals: FUN! Having fun is critical to sustaining any wellness program, or people eventually quit.

Join us for this episode of TerraLex INsights where he shares about his journey to forge a new frontier in wellness through SHAKE.

To learn more about Shake Wellness click here.  

Welcome to the TerraLex INSights podcast, where our goal is to present multicultural perspectives by leading professionals. These perspectives on contemporary issues will help lawyers and businesspeople work better together.

Join us for a conversation with Jeff Carr - Race Car Driver, Raconteur, Rebel and Revolutionary in the legal industry. Before his current and third retirement in October of 2021, Jeff spent his long and illustrious legal career in nearly every neighborhood of LawLand: as a federal law clerk; an associate in Big Law; a solo practitioner; as a GC; and then with ALSP law company.

Tune in to learn more!

Erika Royal is the current CEO of the Life Coach School, best known for setting the standard for the life coaching industry by inspiring people to invest in and care for their mental health and training the best coaches in the world by serving as an example of what’s possible with a well- managed mind. The Life Coach School (LCS) consists of a self-coaching and scholars program, a standard and online coach certification program, and more. Erika is a graduate of Harvard Law and before joining The Life Coach School she worked as an employment lawyer at a large multinational law firm for 22 years and 12 years as a partner.

Listen to Erika open up about her career journey as she shares her insights with us on imposter syndrome, mentorship, resilience, and being courageous.